Selena - Como La Flor (Live From Astrodome)

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I LOVE her and her music! A true star and an eternal icon with such a tragic story...Unbelievable what happened to her.

👍︎︎ 7 👤︎︎ u/magic_magenta 📅︎︎ Mar 02 2019 🗫︎ replies

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Selena Quintanilla Perez (April 16, 1971 - March 31, 1995) was a Mexican-American singer who is regarded as one of the biggest stars of the Tejano genre of music. She was born in Lake Jackson, Texas and grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she began her musical career. Her father, Abraham Quintanilla Jr., was a singer with the original Los Dinos from 1957-1972, and nurtured the burgeoning musical talent of his children. Selena, her brother Abe III (bass), and their sister, Suzette (drums), were a second generation of Los Dinos. Its other two members who started in the band were Ricky Vela on keyboards and Roger Garcia on guitar.

Selena made her first public appearance at her father's Mexican restaurant in Lake Jackson at eight and recorded her first record at nine. Throughout her adolescence Selena was constantly on tour. She completed her education via correspondence courses. The singer signed with Capitol EMI in 1989, and released several albums with that label, including 1994's wildly popular 'Amor Prohibido'.

Chris Perez replaced Roger Garcia as guitar player. A romance budded between Perez and Selena, and the two married on April 2, 1992. Even as Selena's career skyrocketed she remained very close to her family, choosing to live next door to them in Corpus Christi.

Selena holds the record of drawing the biggest concert crowd in the history of the Houston Astrodome, for her February 1995 performance at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

The greatest irony in Selena's musical career is that she became a star singing in her second language. Her first language was English, not Spanish.

Aside from her singing, Selena was an avid clothing designer. Boutique shops with the Selena name opened in Corpus Christi and San Antonio in 199X. She also dabbled in acting, making a cameo in the Johnny Depp film 'Don Juan de Marco'.

A woman named Yolanda Saldivar worked her way into the singer's inner circle, becoming president of Selena's fan club and manager of the boutiques. In 1995 the Quintanillas found out Saldivar had embezzled money from these ventures and decided to fire her. Selena agreed to meet Saldivar at a Corpus Christi Days Inn on the morning of March 31, 1995 in order to retrieve paperwork for tax purposes. At the motel an argument ensued over the embezzlement and Saldivar shot the singer once in the back. Selena died within hours at a local hospital.

Selena's death shocked and saddened Tejano fans in Latino communities throughout the United States and in Mexico. Numerous vigils and memorials were held in the singer's honor. That summer her album 'Dreaming of You', a combination of Spanish language hits and new English language tracks, debuted at #1 on the Billboard music charts in the US.

In October of 1995 a Houston jury convicted Saldivar of murder and sentenced her to life in prison, with parole eligibility in thirty years.

There is a museum to honor Selena's memory and a bronze life-sized statue of her on Ocean Drive in Corpus Christi. In 1997, Jennifer Lopez played Selena in the movie of the same name. The movie became the basis in which Lopez rose to superstardom. Read more on Last.fm.

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👍︎︎ 3 👤︎︎ u/DJ_Spam 📅︎︎ Mar 02 2019 🗫︎ replies

There's a bill introduced in the Texas Legislature to make April 16 - Selena Day - a holiday:

👍︎︎ 2 👤︎︎ u/zsreport 📅︎︎ Mar 03 2019 🗫︎ replies
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¡Uh! [♪...] Ahora Me gustaria dedicar esta cancion. A todos ustedes. Porque ustedes hicieron esta cancion un exito. El primer exito para nosotros. Aqui en los Estados Unidos como en Mexico [♪...] Espero que recuerden esta cancion. [♪...] ♪ Como la flor ♪ [ovacion] ♪ Con tanto amor ♪ [publico gritando] ♪ Me diste tu ♪ ♪ Se marchito ♪ ♪ Oh oh ohhh ♪ ♪ Me marcho hoy ♪ ♪ Yo se perder ♪ [ovacion] [gritos del publico] ♪ Pero ♪ ♪ Aaayy ♪ ♪ Como me duele ♪ [♪...] ♪ ¡Eso! ♪ [♪...] [♪...] ♪ Yo se que tienes ♪ ♪ Un nuevo amor ♪ ♪ Sin embargo te deseo lo mejor ♪ ♪ Si en mi no encontraste felicidad ♪ ♪ Tal vez alguien mas te la dara ♪ ♪ ¡Todo mundo! ♪ ♪ Como la flor como la flor ♪ ♪ Con tanto amor ♪ ♪ Me diste tu ♪ ♪ Se marchito ♪ ♪ Me marcho hoy ♪ ♪ Yo se perder ♪ ♪ Ayudame ♪ ♪ Pero aaayyy como me duele ♪ ♪ Aaayyy como me duele ♪ ♪ ¡Cumbia! ¡Sabrocito! ♪ [♪...] ♪ Oh no no no ♪ [♪...] ♪ Si vieras como duele perder tu amor ♪ ♪ Con tu adios te llevas mi corazon ♪ ♪ No se si pueda volver a amar ♪ ♪ Porque te di todo el amor que pude dar ♪ ♪ ¡Todo mundo! ♪ ♪ Como la flor como la flor ♪ ♪ Con tanto amor ♪ ♪ Me diste tu ♪ ♪ Se marchito ♪ ♪ Me marcho hoy ♪ ♪ Yo se perder ♪ ♪ Pero aaayy como me duele ♪ ♪ Aaayy como me duele ♪ [♪...] ♪ Uhhh ♪ ♪ Ohh yeah yeah ♪ [♪...] ♪ Como la flor como la flor ♪ ♪ Con tanto amor ♪ ♪ Me diste tu ♪ ♪ Se marchito ♪ ♪ Me marcho hoy ♪ ♪ Yo se perder ♪ ♪ Pero aaayy como me duele ♪ ♪ Con animo raza ¡Vamos! ♪ ♪ Aaayy como me duele ♪ ♪ Aaayy como me duele ♪ [♪...] ♪ Uhh yeah yeah ♪ ♪ ¡Eso! ♪ ♪ Ahh yeah ♪ [♪...] ♪ Houston Texas ♪ [ovación] ♪ A todos esos hermanos de Mexico ♪ [gritos del publico] Queremos darle muchisimas gracias a todos por hacer esta noche posible Quebramos el record esta noche ¡Un fuerte aplauso! ¡Uhh! Mil abrazos y mil besotes a cada uno de ustedes. Cuidense muchisimo y nos vemos muy pronto. ¡Hasta luego chao! ¡Buenas noches! ¡Gracias! [♪...] ♪ Ohhh ♪ [♪...] ♪ ¡Muchas gracias! ♪ [♪...] [♪...] ♪ ¡Muchas gracias Houston Texas! ♪ [ovacion] ♪ ¡Gracias! ♪ [gritos del publico]
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Channel: SelenaVEVO
Views: 393,167,144
Rating: 4.8135529 out of 5
Keywords: SELENA, SELENA COMO LA FLOR, COMO LA FLOR, COMO LA FLOR SELENA, COMO LA FLOR remastered, COMO LA FLOR remastered video, COMO LA FLOR official music video, SELENA remastered, SELENA remastered videos, #remastered, hd music videos, remastered music videos, LATIN, LATINO, REGIONAL MEXICAN
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Length: 6min 27sec (387 seconds)
Published: Thu Jun 22 2017
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